Evaporator



J. EISNER EVAPORATOR June 7, 1949.

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Attorney Patented June 7, 1949 EVAPORATOR Josef Eisner, Allestree, Derby, England, assignor to George Fletcher and Company Limited, Derby, England, a British company Application August 18, 1944, Serial No. 550,092

In Great Britain May 2, 1944 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in evaporators such as are used in industry for the continuous concentration of liquors such as solutions or suspensions and wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom.

The prime object of the invention is to provide an evaporator of the above type which will automatically discharge a concentrate of reason ably constant density with a varying rate of liquor input.

A further object of the invention is to enable the said density to be maintained reasonably constant when varying quantities of vapour are bled from the evaporator for use in associated processes.

According to the present invention an evaporator comprises an evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to said vessel and means to control the rate of heat supplied according to the fluctuations in the liquor level in said evaporator vessel.

The expression evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type is used in this specification to mean an evaporator vessel in which the liquor level in the vessel fluctuates as a function of the rate of liquor feed into and the rate of evaporation in the vessel in contrast to other types in which the fluctuation of the liquor level is also dependent upon the rate of liquor discharge.

An evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type is selected because the fluctuations of the liquor level therein afford an indication of the heat requirements of the evaporator and can thus be used to control the heat input whereas in other types of evaporator such fluctuations do not necessarily reflect the heat requirements.

According to a further feature of the invention an evaporator comprises a number of evaporator vessels connected in multiple effect, at least one of said vessels, to which the weak liquor is fed, having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the evaporator vessels, and means to control the amount of heat delivered to said evaporator vessels per unit time according to the liquor level in the said evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type.

The term multiple efiect evaporator is employed in this specification to signify an exaporator in which the liquor is passed from one vessel to another and in which vapour produced in one vessel is used for heating in another.

The invention includes a method of operating an evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors consisting in continuously feeding liquor into the evaporator without imposing a liquor input flow control, feeding heat to the evaporator, allowing the concentrate to discharge without flow control so as to render the liquor level in the evaporator dependent upon the rates of heat and liquor input, and making use of the fluctuations in the liquor level to control the heat input.

The invention further includes a method of operating a multiple efiect evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors consisting in continuously feeding liquor into one evaporator vessel without imposing a liquor input flow control, passing said liquor from one vessel to another, feeding heat to said one evaporator vessel, allowing liquor to discharge from said one vessel without flow control so as to render the liquor level in said vessel dependent on the rates of heat and liquor input and making use of the fluctuations of the liquor level in said vessel to control the heat input to said vessel.

With the control arrangement of this invention, liquor is able to flow freely to and away from the evaporator, or in the case of a multiple efiect evaporator, at least to the first and from the last effect, in contradistinction to control devices hitherto in use in which the liquor flow to or from the evaporator has been modified to obtain a control of the evaporation or of the degree of concentration of the liquor.

The control arrangement may be supplemented by control means sensitive to variations in the density of the liquor in, or leaving the evaporator, so as to substantially achieve a predetermined liquor density.

Further control may be applied to the support and flow of the heat so as to maintain or limit the pressures or temperatures of the vapour and liquor in the evaporator at substantially predetermined values, especially in cases when an excessively high temperature would damage the substance in the liquor subjected to concentration or in cases when vapour from the evaporator is required to be bled away for use in associated processes at predetermined pressures or temperatures.

Again, in the case of a multiple efiect evaporator controls may be used to operate the gradual cutting out of or bringing into operation, partly or wholly, of one or more effects of the 3 evaporator, thus adjusting the evaporating capacity of the evaporator to suit a required rate of evaporation.

Where a control is sensitive to pressure of vapour in an evaporator vessel, it is obvious that a device sensitive to temperature may be substituted therefor and vice versa, as the temperature of the vapour is a function of its pressure.

Arrangements according to this invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic elevation of a simple form of application of the invention, while Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic elevation showing an application of the invention to a multiple eflect I evaporator,

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic detail view on an enlarged scale of a float control as may be used in conjunction with this invention.

Referring to Fig. 1, liquor to be concentrated, that is to say to have its density increased by evaporation, isipassed continuously to the :evaporatorvessel :I byasupply tube 12, and then passes through the bank of vertical tubes of the calandria :3, leaving the evaporator vessel, which in this case is of -the"seale.d downtake type, by the downtake 4 and the outlet pipe .5 from which a byipass S leadsthrough 1a densim-eter 1 Heat is supplied in the form of steam through the :pipe 8 and is :governed .by ;a 'valve .9.

Assuming that the vapour space ID of the vessel is open to atmosphere through the pipe .1 i, with consequently the pressure in space 40 remaining constant, and also assuming constant rates of liquor feed and heat supply, the liquor level in the tubes of the ca-landlia 3 will assume a definite position, in view of the characteristics of the sealed :downtake'type evaporator, and the liquor leaving the vessel will .reach a definite density.

Should, however, while the rate of heat supply is maintained at the former value, the rate of liquor feed be progressively increased, then the previous state of equilibrium is disturbed, the density will fall, whilst the liquor level will rise. This displacement :of :the level, by this invention, operates a control element .such as a float in a float chamber 12 suitably connected with the vessel I, Which float is connected by suitable linkage I3 with the steam control valve 9, either directly or indirectly through relay or servo-motor means, .so that the rise of level will cause valve 9 to open to a greater extent, allowing more heat to pass to the calandria 3. Following this, the rate of evaporation will increase, the rise in liquor level will tend to be arrested, the density of the concentrated liquor will tend to rise, and if the rate of the liquor feed is stabilised at a new higher value, then anew state of equilibrium wil1 be attained, although the density of the concentrated liquor may difier from its previous value.

It will be seen that equilibrium will be attained in a similar fashion should-the rate of liquor feed be reduced.

By suitable adjustment of linkage [3 between control element l2 and the valve 9, and by a suitable selection of position for this control element 12, it may be possible to obtain a satisfactorily constant value of density within certain limits of variation in the liquor feed.

In order to be able to set the control element l2 to the required position according to the condition of operation, the control means 12 may be mounted to be displaceable between wide limits. This may be achieved in many ways, as for in- '4 stance in the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, in which a float M in a float chamber l2 and connected by suitable linkage with the steam valve 9 has this chamber l2 mounted to be adjustable by means of clamps IE on a vertical guide H3 carried by the wall of the effect I and connected to the spaces above and below the evaporator tubes by means of flexible connections H, l8, respectively. It will be obvious that it will be desirable that the linkage interconnecting the float M .and the valve 9 will be unaffected in operation by any positioning of the float chamber I2 along the guide support Hi.

In certain .cases, it will be desirable to provide a governing control operated by variations in the density of the concentrated liquor; for instance, by connecting a displaceable element of the densimeter I with the steam valve 9, through linkage 25, which control is independent of the control [2, and in this manner it will be possible to maintain the concentrated 'liquor at a substantially constant value even with .the liquor feed and the vapour pressure varying over :considerable ranges.

.As is known, evaporators often operate where vapour is taken from the vapour space for use in associated processes or like purposes, and .under such conditions further considerations will app y- Assuming now that vapour from the vapour space Linstead of passing freely .to atmosphere, is wholly or partly consumed by associated .processes connected to the pipe ll it .is obvious that more vapour cannot :be drawn ofi .for the associated processes than becomes available from the vapour space 10 whilst maintaining a desired density of concentrated liquor, unless extra:quantities of water are led to the liquor space of the evaporator or 'added ito'the liquor in quantity corresponding to the excess demand for process vapour. In Fig. 1 such additional water is shown as fled from supply pipe 26 'to the supply :tank 2.? for the liquor from which the liquor is pumped through pipe 2 to the evaporator. Th .valve :28 governing the addition of water, may .be operated automatically, for instance by a float in the supply tank .21, but preferably from the control l.2.so that the addition of water becomeseffective when the liquorllevel in the evaporator falls below a predetermined level.

Should :the demand for process vapour, .however, be less than the quantity evaporated per unit time in order to maintain the desired density, it is obvious that the excess must be released -to atmosphere :as by .pipe ';29 This 'vapour passage to atmosphere may be governed by valve .38 and this valve controlled either in the manner of a relief valve, or .by linkage .3I from the displaceable element of a thermostat 32.

It will be seen that under the above described conditions, the associated processes can normally absorb substantially the whole amount of the vapour resulting from :the evaporation of the liquor, and a single :eliect evaporator will be satisfactory :as long .as this is .the case. In cases, however, :where the :mass :of vapour required for associated processes ds less than the mass of vapour:necessarilyresulting from the concentration of the liquor, it .will be desirable to use a multiple effect evaporator, and .thus toachieve .a greater economyof operation.

In the arrangement of vFig. 2, showing the application of thezinvention ,to a quadruple effect evaporator, by way of example, V1, V2, V3 may represent the quantities :of vapnurbled away for associated processes and V4 the quantity of vapour leaving the last effect to either atmosphere or a condenser, which latter vapour may be regarded as lost. S1, S2, S3 and S4 may represent the quantities of steam or vapour entering the calandrias of the effects. 1; represents any quantity of vapour which may be by-passed from one effect to another. Let E represent the total quantity of water to be evaporated per unit time under normal stable conditions of operation. It is permissible to assume that one pound of steam or vapour introduced to the calandria of any effect will evaporate one pound of Water from the liquor in this effect.

Assuming now that no vapour is required for the associated processes, then V1, V2 and V3 will each equal nought, S1=V4 and under normal conditions 4V4=E and 4S1=E.

Under these normal conditions 1) also equals nought, the valve 53 will be closed and the controls I2 and T will have adjusted the valves 9 and 59 so that the correct amount S1 is admitted to the evaporator and the desired density of the concentrated liquor obtained. The function of the controls will be similar to that described with reference to Fig. 1.

Should now the normal conditions no longer apply and more liquor be fed to the evaporator, morethan the quantity of water E will have to be evaporated. Owing to the increased feed, control IE will open valve 9 to a greater extent and thus increase the evaporation, as is obviously required. Should the new quantity of steam S1 be increased by precisely the amount necessary, the liquor leaving the evaporator will have the required density, Should, however, the new setting of valve 3 not correspond and admit too little steam, then the liquor will, after a time lag, reach the densimeter T with a lower density, and the desirneter I will throttle the passage 52 less than before by opening valve 5| more, thus adjusting the evaporation taking place in the fourth effect and indirectly also in the previous effects, and gradually returning the liquor density to the desired value. The same applies conversely in the case of a reduced liquor feed.

For a correct operation of the system, a further control may be required which will limit the vapour pressure in the first effect and this may be achieved by a thermostat 53 superimposing a control on the steam valve 9 through linkage 54.

Considering now the case where process vapour is required, that is to say V1, V2, V3, will each or all together differ from nought, then the con ditions of equilibrium for normal working conditions may be expressed by the equations:

It will be seen that in this case the most economical working conditions prevail when 74:0, that is to say no vapour is lost to the condenser, and if and when the demand for process vapour is such that this condition can be at all fulfilled, the passage 52 will be completely closed and therefore the fourth effect will be out of operation and no vapour will pass to the condenser, excepting flash due to the fact that the liquor arrives in effect 40 at a temperature higher than that corresponding to the pressure in this fourth effect. Effect -40 will then be cut out of operation and will only be brought back into operation when, owing to altered conditions, the most economical state can no longer be maintained with the three efi'ec'ts working alone. In cases like the one above indicated, it will be desirable not only to maintain the liquor density at a desired value but also the temperatures or pressures of the vapour bled away for the associated processes which facilitates the efficient operation of these processes. For this purpose various other controls may be used.

The choice, number and disposition of these controls will differ with differing requirements. In the arrangement shown, heat is supplied in the form of steam at two differing pressures, namely exhaust from pipe 33 and live steam from pipe 34. The quantity of exhaust steam is on the one hand limited by the load on the steam engine supplying the exhaust steam, and on the other hand, this quantity normally passing to the evaporator cannot be reduced except by relief to atmosphere through valve 35. The live steam supply is considered as indefinitely variable and will be made use of only when the heat requirements of the evaporator exceed the quantity of exhaust steam available.

The admission of live steam is governed by the valve 36 which is operated by the servo-motor 31 which is controlled by the means l2. This servo-motor, by this invention, is so connected with the valves 36 and 35 that it will open the valve 35 only after having completely shut valve 36. As long as valve 33 is open to any degree, valve 35 remains shut, except when for some reason the pressure in pipe 33 should exceed the pressure for which the valve 35 is set, when this valve, operating as an ordinary relief valve, will open independently of the action of the servo-motor.

With this arrangement, valve 9 in pipe 8 will always be completely open, and therefore does not require any automatic control.

Liquor is admitted to the evaporator through pipe 2, it will boil up through the tubes of the calandria 3 and leave the first effect I by a sealed downtake d and pass to the second effect 38. It passes through this effect 38 and third effect 39 and fourth effect 40 in the same manner.

The concentrated liquor leaves the fourth effect ii] through pipe 5 and passes away through the desime ter 1 to a seal 4| and the final outlet 42.

It will be noticed that no automatic .controls are imposed upon the liquor flow through the system.

The steam in quantity S1 entering the calandria 3 of the first effect will be condensed, giving up its latent heat to the liquor, from which an equal quantity of vapour will be produced, which vapour passes through the space In and then to the pipe connection 43 which has a branch 44 for process vapour supply.

The quantity of steam S2, where V1+S2=S1, will pass to the second effect producing vapour in equal quantity which will pass on to pipe connection 45 having a branch 46 for process vapour supply, where V2+S3=S2, this applying, of course, only as long as 0:0. Similarly S3 produces in the third effect 39 a quantity of vapour passing to pipe connection 52 having a branch 41 for process vapour supply, where V3+S4=Ss. Again S4 will produce a quantity of vapour in the fourth efiect 40 which will (disregarding flash) =V4 which is lost to the condenser through pipe 29, the passage of which is governed by valve 30.

In addition to the controls already mentioned, the following are used. The aforementioned thermostat 53 will in thiscase be connected by link- 9 the evaporation, thus bringing the liquor density back to its normal value.

When less vapour is required to be bled away than normally, then the temperatures throughout the system will tend to rise, and the thermostat 53 will cause a reduction in the steam supply by closing valve 36, but valve d will remain fully open and vave 50 shut. After a short time, however, thinner liquor will reach the densimeter l, and this will cause valve 5| to open, thus the fourth efiect will be brought into operation and additional evaporation achieved which will restore the liquor density to substantially its normal value.

In practical operation all the variable conditions may change simultaneously, but this does not alter materially the manner of operation of the various automatic controls as described, and they will always act so as to re-establish the equilibrium.

In certain cases it may be desirable to give an indication or warning when an uneconomical state of working occurs in the system, so that the users of process vapour may change over for instance from using most of their requirement of vapour from the first effect to using more from th second effect, thus helping towards more evaporation and the reduction or elimination of loss of heat to the condenser connected to pipe as. This indicator or warning may be operated from the displacement of the valve 5| or part connected with it. Similarly a warning or indicating means may be operated from valve 50 when this is in the open position to allow users of process vapour to take a greater proportion of vapour from the first effect and a lesser proportion from the second effect.

In many cases an evaporator will be supplied with exhaust steam, and live steam will be used only to the extent as the available quantity of exhaust steam is short of the requirements of the evaporator. If the deficiency in exhaust steam is relatively small, that is that only a small proportion of live steam is needed normally, there is little margin left for an eflicient control of the steam consumption when less than normal evaporation is needed. A means to increase the margin of control in such cases and, or alternatively, to give the possibility of operating the evaporator at high loads with a calandria pressure higher than the maximum back-pressure permissible with the power engines supplying the exhaust steam, consists in a compressor 62 illustrated (Fig. 2) as a steam jet injector. With this arrangement the calandria pressure 122 may be considerably higher than the back-pressure p1 of the exhaust steam as long as it is necessary to admit some high pressure steam. It is obvious that p: has to be the higher the more work is required of the evaporator. W'hile without the compressor the calandria pressure 102 and therefore also the working capacity of the evaporator are limited by the highest back-pressure permissible for the engines, this is not the case when the jet or other compressor 82 is used, as at high evaporator loads much high pressure steam has to be added and this is able to raise m above 121 so that the back-pressure will never have to reach the maximum for any normal load of the evaporator. This may give the possibility of using the engines for a higher power output than hwherto and it will at the same tim increase the range of efifective control of the evaporator. Thus the capacity of the evaporator and, or alternatively, of the steam engines may be increased.

Another limitation of efiicient control in cases as just described arises when (with or without a compressor such as 62) the required evaporator load drops to such an extent that no live steam has to be added and that even the admission of exhaust steam to the calandria 3 will have to be reduced. The usual procedure in such a. case is to throttle the steam valve 9 (after the live steam valve 36 has been shut). This will lead to an increase of the back-pressure, which causes an increase of the quantity of live steam required for the engines for the given load, and finally the safety valve for exhaust steam will blow oif the surplus of exhaust steam. This loss may be considerably reduced by an arrangement according to this invention in which the control of the live steam valve 36 is combined with a further control which comes into action when the steam requirements of the evaporator have dropped to such an extent that the live steam is completely shut 01f and when even the admission of exhaust steam to the calandria has to be reduced. With the arrangement as shown in Fig. 2 and already explained before this reduction is not achieved by throttling the steam valve 9 but by opening the relief valve 35 (or adequate substitute) to such an extent that the surplus steam may escape. In this manner an increase of the exhaust pressure, just when it is not needed, is avoided, and on the contrary the exhaust pressure wil1 droppconsequently the engines will require less live steam for a given load, and thus considerable waste is avoided. The operation of valves 36 and 35 may be efiected automatically by means of a servomotor 3'! controlled b either the liquid level in the effect I or by the means responsive to vapour pressure or temperature in its vapour space or by both, or may also be influenced by a densimeter.

I declare that what I claim is:

1. An evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom comprising in combination an evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the vessel, means to control the amount of heat delivered per unit time according to fluctuations in liquor level in said evaporator vessel, caused by evaporation and discharge therefrom, and means to independently control the amount of heat delivered to the evaporator according to variations in temperature of the vapour in the evaporator vessel.

2. An evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom including in combination a number of evaporator vessels connected in multiple effect, at least one of said vessels to which the weak liquor is fed having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the said vessels, means to control the amount of heat delivered to the evaporator vessels per unit time according to fluctuations in liquor level in said evaporator vessel above described, caused by evaporation and discharge therefrom, and means to control the heat delivered to the evaporator vessels according to variation in temperature of the vapour in the said vessel.

3. An evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom including a. number of evaporator vessels connected aevaeoe II in multiple effect, at least one of: said vessels, to which the weak liquoriis: fed; having'the. characteristic' of the sealed: dowmtalie type, means to deliver heat: to the evaporator vessels; means to control the amount'oi heat delivered per unit time according to changesirr the liquor level in the said. evaporator vessel having the characteristic: of the sealed. down-take type, and means to control the heat flow through the series of evaporator vessels according to-Variations'in temperature of. the vapour: insaid evaporator vessels.

4. An evaporator for the continuous c'oncentration of liquors wherein a relatively weakliquor' is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom comprising in combination an: evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed downs-take type, a supply of exhaust steam for heating said vessel, a supply of live steam for heating said vessel, means sensitive to fluctuations in liquor level in said vessel. controlling said exhaust steam and live steam supplies, a relief valve on said exhaust steam supply, and means operating: to open said relief valve subsequent to: the cutting off of live steam by said co'ntr'oli 5, An evaporator forth'e continuous concentration of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom including in combination anevaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, an exhaust steam supply for heating said' vessel, a live steam supply: for heating said vessel, a relief valve on said exhaust steam supply, a stop valve on saidlive steam pipe, means sensitive to fiuctuationsin liquor lcvel caused by evaporation and discharge fromsaid" Vessel for operating said valves inse'quence and actuatingameans sensitive to the temperature of the vapour in the evaporator for independently operating said valves in sequence.

6. An evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged there'- from including a number of evaporator vessels connected in multiple effect, at least one of said vessels, to which the weal: liquor is fed, having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the evaporator vessels, means to control theamount of heat delivered per unit time according to the liquor levelin the said evaporator vessel' having thecharacteristic of the sealed down-take type, and me'ansto progressively restrict evaporation in the units of the evaporator from the last unit backwards.

'7'. An evaporator for thecontinuous concentration' of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom ineluding a number of" evaporator vessels connected in multiple effect, at least one of said Vessels, towhich the weak liquor is fed, having the char acteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the evaporator vessels, means to control the amount of heat delivered per unit time according to fluctuations in the liquor level in the said evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type,

12 means to add water to the liquor, and means to control the amount of water added according to the-liquor? level in the evaporator vessel.

8; An' evaporator for the'continuous concentration of. liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and a more concentrated liquor is" continuously discharged therefrom including a number of evaporator vessels connected in multiple elfect, at least one of said vessels; to which the weak liquor is fed, having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the evaporator vessels, means to control the amount of heat delivered per unit time according to fluctuations in the liquor level in the said evaporator vessel having the characteristics of the sealed down-take type, means to draw off vapour from the evaporator vessels for associated processes, a by-pass valve between the vapour spaces of a pair of evaporator vessels, and means sensitive to the temperature of the vapour in one of the evaporator vessels operating said by-pass valve Whenever the tem perature falls below a predetermined minimum.

9'. An evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed in and more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom, comprising. an evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the vessel, means to control the rate-of heat supply according to fluctuations of the liquor level in said evaporator vessel, means to draw oil vapour from the evaporator for associated purposes, means to allow vapour from the evaporator to pass toatmosphere and means sensitive to the temperature of the vapour in the evaporator for controlling the passing of the vapour to atmosphere.

10. An evaporator for the continuous concentration of liquors wherein a relatively weak liquor is continuously fed inand a more concentrated liquor is continuously discharged therefrom, comprising a number of evaporator vessels connected multiple eflfect, at least one of said vessels to which the weak liquor is fed having the charactcristic of the sealed down-take type, means to deliver heat to the evaporator vessels, means to control the amount of heat delivered per unit of time according to the fluctuations in the liquor level in the said evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type, means todraw oiT vapour from at least one evaporator vessel for associated purposes, means to add water to the liquor and means to control the amount of water added according to the liquor level in the said evaporator vessel having the characteristic of the sealed down-take type.

J OSEF EISNER.

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